Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1214 O.G. 47, on September 15, 1998.
For use of the European Patent Office as an International Searching
Authority for international applications filed in the United States
Receiving Office, see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at
1022 O.G. 52, on September 28, 1982.
For use of the European Patent Office as an International Preliminary
Examining Authority for international applications filed in the United
States Receiving Office, see the notices appearing in the Official
Gazette at 1080 O.G. 2, on July 7, 1987, and at 1091 O.G. 2, on June 7,
1988. There is no longer a limit on the number of such international
applications accepted for international preliminary examination by the
European Patent Office; see the notice appearing at 1116 O.G. 32, on
July 17, 1990.
The search fee of the European Patent Office was increased, effective
January 1, 1998, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1205 O.G. 3,
on December 2, 1997.
International fees were changed, effective on May 1, 1997, due to
a change in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with regard to the Swiss
franc, and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1197 O.G. 69, on
April 22, 1997. The basic fee and the designation fee were further
changed effective January 1, 1998 and were announced in the Official
Gazette at 1205 O.G. 3, on December 2, 1997.
Certain domestic PCT fees and charges for International Search and
Preliminary Examination were changed, effective October 1, 1998, and were
announced in the Official Gazette at 1213 O.G. 153, on August 18, 1998.
The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), effective October 1, 1998,
is as follows:
International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:
Transmittal fee: 240.00
Search Fee
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
International Searching Authority (ISA)
- No corresponding prior U.S. national
application filed under
35 U.S.C. 111(a) 700.00
- Corresponding prior U.S. national
application filed under
35 U.S.C. 111(a) 450.00
- Supplemental search fee, per
additional invention (payable only upon invitation) 210.00
European Patent Office as ISA 1250.00
International fees
Basic fee 455.00
Basic supplemental fee (for each page
over 30) 10.00
Designation fee per country or region
- For the first 11 national or regional
offices designated 105.00
- For each designation in excess
of 11 offices No Charge
Precautionary designation fee and confirmation fee
for each precautionary designation confirmed
(PCT Rule 15.5)
- Designation fee 105.00
- Confirmation fee 52.50
International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:
Handling fee 162.00
Preliminary examination fee
USPTO as International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA)
- USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I 490.00
- Additional examination fee, per
additional invention (payable only
upon invitation) 140.00
- USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I 750.00
- Additional examination fee,
per additional invention (payable
only upon invitation) 270.00
Small
U.S. National Stage Fees Entity Regular
Basic National fee
USPTO was IPEA
- All claims presented satisfied
provisions of PCT Article
33(2) to (4) * *
- All claims presented did not satisfy
provisons of PCT Article
33(2) to (4) * *
USPTO was ISA but not IPEA * *
USPTO was neither ISA nor IPEA
- Search report has not been prepared
by the European Patent Office or
the Japanese Patent Office * *
- Search report has been prepared by
the European Patent Office or the
Japanese Patent Office * *
Other National fees
- For each independent
claim in excess of 3 * *
- For each claim in excess of 20 * *
- For each application con-
taining a multiple depen-
dent claim * *
- Surcharge for filing oath or
declaration after the time
limit applicable under PCT
Article 22 or 39(1) 65.00 130.00
- Processing fee for filing
English translation after
the time limit applicable
under PCT Article 22 or
39(1) 130.00 130.00
* No fees are indicated because as of the date this notice was prepared
these fee amounts were uncertain. Current fee amounts may be obtained
from the Patent and Trademark Office's Web site (www.uspto.gov) or by
contacting the PTO General Information Services Division at
(703) 308-4357 or (800) 786-9199.
Sep. 16, 1998 BRUCE A. LEHMAN
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks